Washer



.l. G. WRIGHT.

WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-4.1919.

1,344, 194. Patented June 22,1920.

5 wiw- V a citizen of the United States, residing at UNITED STATES PAT'ENT- OFFICE.

JEFFERSON G.'WRIGHT, F CONNELL, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM F. STEINMEIER, 0F ELTOIPIA, WASHINGTON.-

. WASHER.

To all cehom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON G. VRIGHT,

Connell, in the county of Franklin and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washers, of

. which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to washers such as are used on axlesin harvesters, andin fact in all kinds of machinery, and the general object of this invention is the provision of a sectional washer which may be easily re moved from the part to which it is applied or as easily applied without the necessity of removing from the shaft, rod, axle, or other part, elements which may be mounted thereon, which is necessary where the ordinary one-piece, annular washer is used.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a washer constructed in accordance with'my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the washer with its parts expanded;

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the closed;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4= of F ig. 1.

Referring to these figures, it will be seen that my improved washer consists of two parts A and B, each part or section being approximately semi-circular in form. The adjacent ends of the two sections'are reduced in thickness, as at 10, so that the reduced end of the section B will fit against the reduced. end of the section A, and these ends are pivotally connected to each other by means of the rivet 11 so that the two sections may he opened out to the position shown in Fig. 2, are closed to the position shown in Fig. 1. Each section A and Bat its end remote from the rivet 11 is reduced in thickness, as at 12, and notched on its exterior margin, as at 13. relatively thin terminal 14: on each 'section which is adapted to overlap the corresponding terminal 14 on the other section when the two sectionsare closed together. The extremities of each of these relatively thin terminal portions 14: are off-set or slightly bent, as at 15. Now these terminal portions 15 and the relatively thin terminals 14 are washer This leaves a Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 22 1920 Application filed August 4, 1919. Serial No. 315,214.

slightly resilient or yielding, so that when the two sections are brought together in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, these off-set or bent tongues 15, as they maybe termed, Wlll be depressed into the notches or re,- cesses 13 in the manner shown in Fig. 3, thus yieldingly holding the free ends of the two sections in engagement with each other to form a circular washer. When the free ends of the two sections are brought together, these terminals 14 will abut against the shoulders 16 formed by reducing the thickness of the sections to form the termiof the two sections with relation to each other.

I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction of this washer, except as stated in the appended claims, and I have found in actual practice that washers of this character will stand the same amount of pressure as an ordinary washer and that these washers will run smoothly and without any increased friction over the ordinary washer. Furthermore, I find in practice that when these washers are put in place, they will hold and their free ends will not become detached from each other. Experience has shown that these washers have to wear extremely thin before falling oncoming off. It is also pointed out that while simply pulling the sections A and B apart.

causing the deflected terminals 15 to ride over the terminals 12. I have found that they are particularly convenient, readily put in place, and readily removed if desired, which as before remarked, is not the case with theordinary washer.

I claim 1. A washer formed of two semi-circular sections, each section at one end being reduced in thickness to thereby permit these ends of the sections to overlap each other, said overlapping portions being pivoted to each other whereby both sections are disposed and move in the same plane, the free ends of the sections being reduced in thickness to overlap each other, and means on the last named overlapping portions of the sections disposed and operating entirely within the facial planes of the washer, resiliently holding the free ends of the sections in engagement with each other but permitting the free ends of the sections to be drawn apart upon the application of force thereto.

2. A washer formed of two semi-circular sections, each section at one end being re.

duced in thickness to thereby permit these ends of the sections to overlap each other, said overlapping portlons being pivoted to each other whereby both sections are diseach other whereby both of said sections are disposed and move in the same plane, the free ends of thesect1ons belng redueedin thickness to thereby permit the free ends to overlap each other and to form shoulders limiting the overlapping or closing movement of the sections, and means on the last named overlappin portions of the sections and disposed and operating within the facial planes of the washer, resiliently holding the free ends of the sections in engagement with each other but permitting the free ends of the sections to be drawn apart upon the application of force thereto.

4.. A washer formed of two semi-circular sections, each section at one end being reduced in thickness to thereb permitthese ends of the sections to over ap each other, theoverlapping portions being pivoted to each other, the free ends of the sections being reduced in thickness to thereby permit the free ends to overlap each other, the reduced, free end portion of one section being formed with an aperture, the extremity of the free end of the other section being formed with a resilient, deflected tongue yieldablv en aging in said aperture to thereby detachab 1 hold the sections in engagement with each other.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

JEFF WRIGHT. 

